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Lambda Legal has issued a letter to Blizzard (full text posted on Kotaku): Although Blizzard is well within its rights to insist that players avoid referring to other gamers in an â€œinsulting manner,â€ Blizzard cannot issue a blanket ban on any mention of sexual orientation or gender identity. There is nothing â€œinsultingâ€ about identifying oneself as gay, lesbian or transgender,…

I found a post containing a player’s commuications with Blizzard regarding the LGBT issue. The player sent emails requesting clarification on sexual orientation and role-playing situations. The gist of the communications seems to be that, if anyone in the game takes offense to the actions of a player, Blizzard may take action. Merely referring to your significant other on a…

GamesIndustry.biz has an official statement from Blizzard Entertainment regarding their position on the issue of in-game recruiting for gay-friendly guilds. Blizzard states that polarising issues like religion, politics, and sexuality tend to result in conversations that result in harassment. Therefore all such “sensitive real-world” topics are banned from conversation in general chat channels in the game. Apparently, openly recruiting for…

There is heated buzz from around the internets regarding Blizzard Entertainment’s official warning issued to a player who was recruiting for members to join her gay-friendly guild in World of Warcraft. According to Blizzard, forming a gay-friendly guild would incite harrassment by a large number of players, therefore she was not permitted to organise such a group. Essentially, the argument…